The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.

Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.

Hidden in the forest atop a long, winding driveway is this stately home.

The only remaining African American schoolhouse in northern Virginia is now a museum dedicated to formerly enslaved people.

This marker at the entrance to the Humphreys Engineer Center honors the former Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers.

A piece of the Ludendorff Bridge, also known as Remagan Bridge, calls this military base home.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

The site of the notorious Camp Sumter Prison is now a peaceful memorial.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Believed to be the oldest active college baseball field in America.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

These boots are made for selfies.

The smallest covered bridge in Maryland.

An echo chamber with a waterfall wrapped around its base at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.

This cannon dating to 1755 has stood guard at this suburban intersection since 1915.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

The former home of Thomson Francis Mason, the mayor of Alexandria from 1827-1830.

A striking memorial to the 21 lives lost in an explosion at the Washington Arsenal

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

A spectacular tribute to statesman and philanthropist Andrew Mellon.

The formidable fowl can be found standing near an isolated hiking path.